barnowlcollector
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For every 10% we raise, we’ve got a Dracula Meme read by our cast to share with you all. I’m starting with my favorite, from this post.
Unlock the next meme by getting us to 20% funded over at bit.ly/redracula
Joel Fry as Frenchie in Season 2 of Our Flag Means Death
"Lucy's Illness" coda: 20 September
"And now I have told you my news, let me ask yours. When are you to be married, and where, and who is to perform the ceremony, and what are you to wear, and is it to be a public or private wedding? Tell me all about it, dear; tell me all about everything, for there is nothing which interests you which will not be dear to me."
I know we saw Mina's letters a few days ago, but we didn't know the full story of what happened until today. Is there a more devastating phrase in Dracula than the words unopened by her? That could be up for debate, but truly, reading them for the first time last year absolutely gutted me. Farewell, sweet Lucy, from everyone who loved you with all the moods and tenses of the verb.
As always, full view recommended, with a couple of close-ups under the cut.
[Part 1] | [Part 2] | [Part 3] | [Part 4]
This is the final part of this series… for now, though I would love to draw some more excerpts from my alternate ballet version of Dracula someday!
References used for the costuming and poses. Clipart dedicated to the public domain under CC0 modified and utilized for the corner embellishments.
The Kraken
REDBUBBLE
This is so dumb 💀 but here’s the boys revealing their true forms to Kat!
EDIT: redrew parts of the last panel a bit bc there was some art stuff bothering me :))
yes, them
What I expected vs What I got! (probably true for Kat as well)
had an idea that i NEEDED to get down before i forgot abt it
vampire hunter!Renfield AU, the terror on two wheels, enemy of the undead and the toes of anyone who pisses him off
i was thinking of him acting as a Van Helsing mentor figure for the Harkers’ kids in a loose Dracula sequel :D
IM DEAD
Evil cookies with evil buddies
Reading today’s Daily Dracula and man. You do not understand how much I wish Team Kill Dracula’s quest ended when they roll up on the Czarina Catherine and find out some random Romanian sailors pushed his stupid box overboard, trapping the Count beneath water that he can’t cross
Like I know they gotta actually kill him to free Mina or whatever but like. It would be so funny. They’ve gone on this quest to far Romania, they’ve bribed everyone they can think to bribe, they’ve got a plan, and then they get aboard the ship and the crew are like, “there was a fucked up man in that box so we threw it overboard”
Anyone trying to enter the Harkers' train compartment for the past week
Round 8 Results:
Another dramatic upset to close out the First Gauntlet! Here are the results:
[ID. Quincey Morris: 1067 votes (83%) and Abraham Van Helsing: 221 votes (17%). END ID.]
The winner of Round 8 is Quincey Morris!
[ID. An animated gif of Quincey Morris turning his head to smile at the viewer. END ID.]
[ID. A cartoon of Abraham Van Helsing, smiling confidently and gesturing towards Quincey, with a speech bubble overhead with a quote from him, edited to say “Good boy,” said Dr. Van Helsing. “Brave boy. Quincey is Sexyman. God bless him for it.” END ID.]
A man of few words, and fewer adaptations which include him, the gentleman from Texas has claimed victory over the better-known Professor Van Helsing! Is this the start of #QuinceySweep?
Stay tuned for bracket updates coming soon and the start of Second Gauntlet on 10 October.
Music Credit: landosmusic
Every $1k we get towards our stretch goals, we’re sharing a Dracula meme read by our cast! To celebrate $17k, we have this post!
“Let me entreat you, Dr. Seward, oh, let me implore you, to let me out of this house at once. Send me away how you will and where you will; send keepers with me with whips and chains; let them take me in a strait-waistcoat, manacled and leg-ironed, even to a gaol; but let me go out of this. You don’t know what you do by keeping me here. I am speaking from the depths of my heart—of my very soul. You don’t know whom you wrong, or how; and I may not tell. Woe is me! I may not tell. By all you hold sacred—by all you hold dear—by your love that is lost—by your hope that lives—for the sake of the Almighty, take me out of this and save my soul from guilt! Can’t you hear me, man? Can’t you understand? Will you never learn? Don’t you know that I am sane and earnest now; that I am no lunatic in a mad fit, but a sane man fighting for his soul? Oh, hear me! hear me! Let me go! let me go! let me go!” I thought that the longer this went on the wilder he would get, and so would bring on a fit; so I took him by the hand and raised him up. “Come,” I said sternly, “no more of this; we have had quite enough already. Get to your bed and try to behave more discreetly.”
I cannot understate how hard this scene fucks with me.
Renfield knows he needs to be let out, taken somewhere else. And he’s willing to be taken in any way possible, as long as he’s not here. And you can say that maybe he should have lead with that, and not tried to pin the argument on the basis of his sanity. But here’s the thing: He had to do that.
Because he knows they won’t listen to him any other way. He puts fucking effort into sucking up to these guys, appearing like a respectable gentleman, reminding them he used to be a high status rich guy who knew Arthur’s dad, showing he has knowledge of politics and scientific theories. Because that is the only way they will listen to him.
He sees how Seward treats him, he knows that in every interaction Seward sees him as an animal to be prodded at to get certain reactions. He knows he need to appear in a way that fits their narrow definition of “human” if he wants to get anywhere with them.
And it doesn’t work. He can’t make it work. To them he is still a madman in a cell, not truly human. Renfield can try, but he will never be able to fit their standards. And when the break comes, when he sees they still won’t listen and just starts screaming and begging at them, to take him away under any circumstances, Seward tells him to shut up an be more discreet.
And outside, when they wonder if that really was the right decision, they’re still talking about it in terms of if Renfield is sane or not.
Sleep well now Lucy.
🍰Evil Saltbaker is life, but reformed Saltbaker needs love too 🍰
Plus the background cause I worked hard on it
I want them to get along
studio mdhr you've done it again
Cool !
crew of the Demeter: *terrified as members are disappearing without a trace*
first mate: no one wants to work anymore
MR SWALES FLAWLESS VICTORY
[ID. A parody illustration of that Jeb Bush Flawless Victory meme. It features a diagram with a political map of Great Britain, and a graph with four color-coded bars in the top right corner. The first bar is green, and labeled “0%; Jack”. The second bar is orange, labeled “0%; Quincey”. The third bar is purple, labeled “0%; Arthur”. The final bar is yellow and extends far past the rest. It is labeled “100%; Mr Swales”. The entire map is yellow. Superimposed on the map is an illustration of Mr Swales, old man with a white beard and thick brows, wearing a plain brown jacket, waistcoat and flat cap. His arms are outstretched and his face is tilted upward in rapture. There is a wall of text with all of Mr Swales’ dialogue from June 24 in the very background that fades to white. END ID.]
Dr. Seward in today's entry:
25 June, Jonathan Harker's journal:
"At last I [...] found myself in an old, ruined chapel, which had evidently been used as a graveyard. The roof was broken, and in two places were steps leading to vaults, but the ground had recently been dug over, and the earth placed in great wooden boxes [...]"